Moccasin shoe



' (No Modem I J. E'. BOOTHf MOGGASIN SHOE. No. 355.35.. Patented Jan.11; '1887.

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UNIT D STATES JOHN E. BOOTH, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

.MOCCASIN SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 355,755, dated January11, 1887.

Application filed September 8, 1886. 7 Serial No. 212,982. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. Roo'rH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, haveinvented a new and useful Moccasin-Tip; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a-fnll, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved tip for moccasins and moccasinslippers,-and is illustrated in the accompanying dr awings, in which-Figure 1 is an elevation of a moccasin slipper with my tip. Fig.2 is aplan or pattern of my tip.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures- Myinvention is applicable to all moccasins or moccasin slippers havingthebottom turned up around the edges of the foot and a tongueshaped tipstitched to the bottom and covering the. instep of the foot. In-suchmoccasins the strain when in use comes upon the stitching which securesthe tip to the bottom, and more especially upon the extremities of theseam at the rear end of the tip, where it is so severe that rippingcannot be prevented ex cept by the aid of metallic braces or some suchdevice. It is to remove all strain 'fromthis seam uniting the top andbottom of the moccasin and thus prevent its ripping, and to dis pensewith the use of braces in this connection that I have invented my formof tip.

I form my tip in all respects like the common tongueshaped tip, andslitted in the same manner over the instep for the introduction of i.the foot, but with the addition of thelappets or ears a a at the rearextremity of each side. The tip A is stitched to the bottom B, as usual,and the seam 00 carried back as far as the lappets at a, which arelapped over the upper. edge of the bottom B and secured thereto byrivets, stitches, or other appropriate device. The strain otherwisefalling upon the seam x is thus entirely removed therefrom and thrownuponand borne by the lappets a a and bottom B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,- is- In combination with the bottom of a moccasinwhen formed to turn up around the edges of the'foot, a tip having at therear extremity of each side an ear or lappet of sufficient length to lapover the upper edge of the bottom of the moccasin and to be riveted orotherwise secured thereto, substantially as de- JOHN E. BOOTH.

Witnesses: 4

M. H. WARDWELL, FREDERICK M. LAUGHTON.

